Events

NEW YEAR’S DAY & 30TH ANNIVERSARY STOREWIDE SALE!

The first 30 customers receive a complimentary 32 oz stainless steel Malaprop’s water bottle! This year we celebrate our 30th anniversary! We will be open on New Year’s Day from noon until 5 pm and just about everything in the store (excluding gift cards and café items) will be 25% off! Ring in the New Year with us!

Join host Patti Digh for a discussion of Self-Made Man by Norah Vincent.

Join host Jay Jacoby for a discussion of The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan.

FREELANCE FRIDAY WITH JOE D’AGNESE & DENISE KIERNAN

A monthly event for veteran freelancers, self-employed folks, or anyone who is thinking about it, Freelance Friday provides an opportunity to meet & mingle with the local freelance community. Wine donated by 5 Walnut.

NORTH CAROLINA STAGE COMPANY DRAMATIC READING

Join North Carolina Stage Company actors as they perform a read-through here at Malaprop’s!  This month they will read Love Child by Daniel Jenkins & Robert Stanton.

"It's opening night, and tensions are running high as writer/director Joel tries to keep his company of actors under control, his sanity intact, and his mom from answering her cell phone in the front row.   Charlie Flynn-McIver and Bill Muñoz play dozens of characters on and off the stage - without a single costume change."

"a delicious romp... keep-up-if-you-can fun" 
        - The New York Times

Join Moira Bradford’s 8th grade class from Asheville Middle School!  They will be reading their own stories of character transformation.

ORDER SIGNED COPIES- WE'LL SHIP THEM TO YOU!

Karen Kemper and Linda McNamara each deal with an autoimmune disease—scleroderma and lupus, respectively—but have learned to navigate life with a little “accessorizing.” In their book, If You Have to Wear an Ugly Dress, Learn to Accessorize, they offer stories with hope and humor to help anyone else dealing with autoimmune disease.

HEALTH & WELLNESS DISCUSSION: NEW YEAR PROMISES WITH SAMANTHA POLLACK, CPT

How many times have you actually stuck to your New Year’s Resolutions? Let 2012 be the year that you do! Learn how to create realistic intentions and the actions to support them, so you can keep your promises to yourself this year.

Join Malaprop’s bookseller Lauren Napoli for Malaprop’s own graphic novel book club. This month’s selection TBA.

Join Moira Bradford’s 8th grade class from Asheville Middle School!  They will be reading their own stories of character transformation.

YOUR MAGICAL BIRTH CARD WITH ROBERT LEE CAMP

Come and discover the special significance of your birthday and the card associated with it. Bring the birthdays of friends and family as you explore this magical system, kept secret for thousands of years. Robert will be doing some mini-readings at the end of the talk to demonstrate the veracity of this amazing system.

Bring your current projects, settle down with a hot cup of tea and talk shop with fiber artist and “Urban GypZ”, Stacey Budge-Kamison. This monthly event is open to the public.

PISGAH REVIEW READING

Pisgah Review Editors (Jubal Tiner, Ken Chamlee, Jennifer McGaha, Susan Snowden, and Lonnie Busch) will read from their works. We will be selling copies of the latest Pisgah Review, a retrospective issue of PR's best fiction over its first five volumes.

JUBAL TINER & STEVE MITCHELL READING & SIGNING

Fiction writers Jubal Tiner and Steve Mitchell will be reading their work from the newly published Press 53 Spotlight Anthology (Winston-Salem), which recognizes "five short story authors and three poets earning recognition through publication and awards."

ALL ROMANCE ALL THE TIME BOOKCLUB

Join host Susan Blexrud for a discussion of His at Night by Sherry Thomas.

Do you own a small business or would you like to? Join us for a round table conversation and discuss the ins and outs of small business ownership- and network with others!

Join host Jay Jacoby for a discussion of The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted by Elizabeth Berg.

A monthly event for veteran freelancers, self-employed folks, or anyone who is thinking about it, Freelance Friday provides an opportunity to meet & mingle with the local freelance community. Wine donated by 5 Walnut.

Join host Patti Digh for a discussion of My Own Country by Abraham Verghese.

Stephanie Tyson, co-owner with Vivian Joiner of Sweet Potatoes restaurant in Winston-Salem, joins us to share recipes and stories from Well, Shut My Mouth!: The Sweet Potatoes Restaurant Cookbook. A staple in the downtown arts district, they are known for serving up “unique, southern inspired uptown, down-home cooking.”

Join cast members of the North Carolina Stage Company as they do a dramatic reading of Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker!  Free & open to the public.

Bring your current projects, settle down with a hot cup of tea and talk shop with fiber artist and "Urban GypZ" Stacey Budge-Kamison.  This monthly event is open to the public. 

ORDER SIGNED COPIES- WE'LL SHIP THEM TO YOU!

Marjory Wentworth, former Poet Laureate of South Carolina, teamed up with United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Méndez to research and write Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights. An in depth look at human rights violation, Taking a Stand also offers Wentworth and Méndez’s ideas for dealing with abuses in the future.

Writers at Home is a monthly reading series from the Great Smokies Writing Program at UNCA hosted by Tommy Hays. This month’s readers will be students from the Masters of Liberal Arts Program at UNCA: Ann Barrett, Maryedith Burrell and Jessica Pepper.

A Year with Hafiz author Daniel Ladinsky joins us for a special reading and book signing.

Poet and translator Coleman Barks says of Ladinsky’s work: “There are universes inside Hafiz, a lineage of masters. Daniel Ladinsky follows the playfulness; the rascal moves well.”

Local poet and photographer Tracey Schmidt will join Ladinsky. She is the author of I Have Fallen in Love with the World, of which Ladinsky says, “It would be a better world if Tracey Schmidt became a house-hold name and her poems reached millions.”

TICKETS ARE REQUIRED AND MAY BE PURCHASED HERE OR BY CALLING US (828)254-6734 

Health & Wellness Discussion with Samantha Pollack: The Winter Blues
Many of us find that we sleep too much, have little energy, and feel depressed this time of year. The truth is, this period of time can be incredibly restorative and helpful.  Learn how to embrace the season, as well as some tactics for staying happy, healthy, and preparing mind and body for spring!

Join Malaprop’s bookseller Lauren Napoli for Malaprop’s own graphic novel book club. This month’s selection TBA.

A Chiropractic Approach to Relieving Allergies with Dr. Tracey Roizman DC, DACNB

Seasonal allergies present a perennial health challenge for many people in WNC. Not merely an immune system disorder, allergies can signal an imbalance in your digestive system, nervous system or endocrine system. Dr. Tracey Roizman will present a lecture and workshop on a whole-body system for assessing and treating seasonal allergies that creates resilient health through all seasons. Now is the time to begin making spring 2012 your most allergy-free season ever.

Join host Susan Blexrud for a discussion of Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell.

COACHING SKILLS FOR PARENTS OF ADHD CHILDREN WITH COACH RUDY, LCSW

Parents want the very best for their ADHD
children. This seminar will present a coaching model for parents and teachers
on how to support ADHD children of any age to excel at home, school, and
life. 

Do you own a small business or would you like to?  Join us for a round table conversation and
discuss the ins and outs of small business ownership- and network with others!

ORDER SIGNED COPIES- WE'LL SHIP THEM TO YOU! 

Karen Kemper & Linda McNamara each deal with an autoimmune disease-sderoderma and lupus, respectively-but have learned to navigate life with a little "accessorizing." In their book, If You Have to Wear and Ugly Dress, Learn to Accessorize, they offer stories with hope and humor to help anyone else dealing with autoimmune disease.